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Leaving aside the debate on vegetarians vs. non-vegetarians, a sumptuous meal usually has chicken as one of the ingredients. But we seldom pay attention to the mechanics behind producing that chicken (broiler chicken as it is popularly called).
The broiler production flow starts from the receipt of imported Grand Parent (GP) chicks at Grand Parent Farms. The life cycle of Grand Parent Chick is:
0 – 4 Weeks – Brooding Stage
5 – 23 Weeks – Growing Stage
24 – 64 Weeks – Egg Laying Stage
Note: – The laying may continue after 64 Weeks till culling
The feed for the Grand Parents is dispatched by Feed Mills based on the indent from Grand Parent Units. The Premix and Health Care items are received from Premix & Health Care Units. The other medicines and vaccines are purchased either locally or through centralized purchase and are issued to the farms on need basis. The eggs collected from Grand Parent Breeder Farms are sent to Grand Parent Breeder Cool Rooms. After grading of eggs in the Grand Parent Breeder Cool Room the eggs are sent to Grand Parent Hatchery Cool Room. The graded eggs are sent from Hatchery Cool Room to Setter for egg setting. After 18
days the eggs are moved from Setter to Hatcher. The Parent Stock (PS) chicks come out on 21st day and are sent to PS Farms. After laying period the GP Cull Birds are sold in the outside Market.
The PS chicks received from GP Hatchery are placed in PS Farms. PS Chick life cycle is similar to that of a GP chick:
0 – 4 Weeks – Brooding Stage
5 – 23 Weeks – Growing Stage
24 – 64 Weeks – Egg Laying Stage
Note: – The laying may continue after 64 Weeks till culling.
The feed for PS Chick is dispatched by Feed Mills based on the indent from PS Units. The Premix and Health Care items are received from Premix & Health Care Units. The other medicines and vaccines are purchased either locally or through centralized purchase and are issued to the farms on need basis. The eggs collected from PS Breeder Farms are sent to PS Breeder Cool Rooms. After grading of eggs in the Breeder Cool Room the eggs are sent to Ps Hatchery Cool Room. The graded eggs are sent from
Hatchery Cool Room to Setter for egg setting. After 18 days the eggs are moved from Setter to Hatcher. The Broiler chicks come out on 21st day and are either transferred to Broiler Farms or sold to external Traders. After the laying period the PS Cull Birds are sold to the external Traders.
The Day Old Broiler Chicks (BR DOC) received from PS Hatchery are placed in Broiler Farms. Based on feed indent from broiler branches the feed is dispatched from the Feed Unit either to the respective Broiler Farms or to the common delivery point directed by the broiler branch. The Premix and Health Care items are received from the respective units based on the indent. The other medicines and vaccines are purchased either locally or through centralized purchase and are issued to the farms on need basis. One Broiler Branch may have 60-75 farms and these farms are grouped under “Lines” and one Line Supervisor is responsible for the line. The Line Supervisor visits the farms daily and records the mortality, feed in-take, feed stock, etc and gives necessary instruction to the farmer. The 6 weeks old broiler birds are either sold to the external traders or transferred to the consumer products division.
And these integrated world class companies actually have ERP systems in place to manage the complexities. So next time while having chicken burger at KFC, give a thought to the origin of the chicken.
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